Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

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Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 is a large-scale late-Romantic symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff, renowned for its lush orchestration, expansive melodies, and emotional intensity.

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Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
approximateDuration about 55–60 minutes ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 27 ⓘ
composer Sergei Rachmaninoff ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1907 ⓘ
compositionPeriod 1906–1907 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1906 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
dedicatedTo Sergei Taneyev ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
famousMovement Adagio (third movement) ⓘ
firstMovementTitle Largo – Allegro moderato ⓘ
fourthMovementTitle Allegro vivace ⓘ
genre late-Romantic symphony ⓘ
hasInstrumentation harp ⓘ
timpani ⓘ
woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings ⓘ
hasThemeType lyrical love-theme-like melody in Adagio ⓘ
historicalContext post-Romantic Russian repertoire ⓘ
influences Russian late-Romantic tradition ⓘ
Tchaikovskian symphonic style ⓘ
key E minor ⓘ
language none (instrumental) ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableFeatures emotional intensity ⓘ
expansive melodies ⓘ
lush orchestration ⓘ
notableRecordingHistory widely recorded by major orchestras ⓘ
numberInSeries 2 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 27 ⓘ
orchestration large symphony orchestra ⓘ
period late Romantic ⓘ
placeInComposerOutput second symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff ⓘ
premiereCity Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: St. Petersburg
premiereConductor Sergei Rachmaninoff ⓘ
premiereCountry Russian Empire ⓘ
premiereDate 1908-01-26 ⓘ
premiereOrchestra Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Society Orchestra ⓘ
publisher A. Gutheil ⓘ
reception highly acclaimed in the concert repertoire ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13 ⓘ
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 ⓘ
secondMovementTitle Allegro molto ⓘ
structure four-movement symphonic form ⓘ
style late Romantic ⓘ
thirdMovementTitle Adagio ⓘ
usesMotivicTechnique cyclical thematic recall ⓘ

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Sergei Rachmaninoff → notableWork → Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 ⓘ